Paul Chowdhry

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1974-08-21 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Also Known As Tajpaul Singh Chowhdry

Paul Chowdhry

Biography

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry, better known as Paul Chowdhry, is an English comedian of Indian descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. Chowdhry was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats, Comedy World Cup, and Sorry, I Didn't Know. He has appeared on Live at the Apollo twice, in 2012 and 2015. In 2016, he was one of the contestants on series three of the comedy show Taskmaster. In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in The Russell Howard Hour. In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series Devils. Since 2021, he has been hosting the podcast The Paul Chowdhry PudCast, in which he interviews comedians. He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.

Known For

Actor

2022
The Sea Beast

as Surgeon (voice)

2021
Cruella

as Restaurant Owner

2021
The Cleaner

as Man Boy

2020
Devils

as Kalim Chowdhrey

2019
Madness in the Method

as Store Clerk

2018
Roast Battle

as Self

2015
Taskmaster

as Self

2012
Don't Sit in the Front Row

as Self - Panellist

2012
2011
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

as Self - Participant

2008
2005
Colour Me Kubrick

as Pub Announcer

2005
2000
It Was an Accident

as Rafiq Roy